Category: hogs
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Keep Your Hair on
An old fashioned saying of my grandfathers. In other words – settle down. No ripping the wig off your head and trampling on it in frustration. Do you remember that saying? I told Jude this morning – keep your hair on – as he tried to rip the gate off its hinges. Again. Jude is…
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FreeBee is not Right
I don’t know if it is the cold or maybe he has a sore foot but he took some persuading to get up yesterday. He is eating OK. But not at mealtimes. I think he may have had a falling out with Jude who can be quite rough. FreeBee is generally quite a laid back…
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The Good Ship Tima
Tima, the resident kunekune and I had our moments yesterday. Gates have been going back up so I allowed her out into the field vege garden to clean up. There is still good food in there – she enjoys fossicking around. And seemed well pleased. But while I was in Town she found a gate…
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FreeBee and Big Jude on The Move
Summer is on its way (so they say) and Big Jude and FreeBee the huge mature rescue hogs have been moved through the fields and into the cool airy barn with access to the pig yard for the summer season. The black metal stock trailer they just left is in a smaller pen with full…
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Nanny Boo the self appointed Guardian Dog
Dogs are all the things. They are companions. Guard dogs. Guardian dogs. Farm dogs. Lap dogs. Nagging dogs. Old dogs. What else? The above shot is of Boo trying very hard not to look annoyed (and failing) as I take TOO LONG to get ready to go outside. But one job that Boo, (the Blue…
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